indigents

/\ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃\/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,231

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

indigents is anFrenchadj. It means: Masculin pluriel de indigent. Pronounced \ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃\. Often confused with indignés and indirects.

Key facts for indigents
PropertyValue
Headwordindigents
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#46,231
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of indigents in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for indigents is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #46,231 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Masculin pluriel de indigent.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for indigents, with forms such as "idnigents", "inddigents", and "indgients". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "indignés", "indirects", "indigeste", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is indigents, spelled I-N-D-I-G-E-N-T-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de indigent.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: idnigents,inddigents,indgients,indiegnts,indigennts,indigenst,indigentss,indigentts,indigetns,indiggents,indignets,inidgents,inndigents,nidigents

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for indigents

Misspelling Variants of "indigents"

idnigents9inddigents10indgients9indiegnts9indigennts10indigenst9indigentss10indigentts10
Misspelling Variants of "indigents"

Frequency rank: #46,231 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "indigents"?
"indigents" is spelled I-N-D-I-G-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃\.
What does "indigents" mean?
As an adj, "indigents" means: Masculin pluriel de indigent.
What words are commonly confused with "indigents"?
"indigents" is commonly confused with "indignés", "indirects", "indigeste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "indigents"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indigents" is \ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indigents" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.